Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, a world famous beekeeper, passed away today. Along with his brother Rex, Sir Edmund began keeping honey bees in his native New Zealand because it allowed him to do some mountain climbing during the winter months (which would be the summer months in our hemisphere).
He was also relatively well-known for being one of the first climbers, along with Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.